Do Europeans buy products that are made in China like people in the United States?
I keep hearing this thing across the internet and the media. "Why the f##k is everything we buy made in China?!" It's kinda true. Nearly everything we buy is made in china. Every product ranging from Iphones, TVs, Computers, Cameras, etc.
Be mindful that I live in the United States. My cousins and friends buy things that are made in China.
But what about Europeans? I live in a very small town, and I never got to talk to a person who lives in England, France, Germany, etc. And I wanted to ask them if they buy products in China.
Yes, They do the same things like people in US. The reason could be the same-Price or Saving.
IPhones are designed in the US, only assembled in China. And the lion's share of profits still goes to the US.
As an online mall that sells electronics and accessories globally (millions of USD annually), we mainly have customers from the US and Europe, a big chunk of over 60% in our sales pie chart, with European countries combined slightly bigger than the US. I'm attaching a picture of top 10 countries.
So Europeans buy made in China like Americans too.
I think China has advantages in manufacturing daily consumables. Huge population, low-price manpower for output of decent quality, and so forth. This is not going to change for a while.
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